Protozoal Infections Flashcards

1
Q

organism for Amebiasis

A

entamoeba histolytica

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2
Q

cyst is infective form and causes amoebic dysentery

A

Amebiasis

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3
Q

organism for giardiasis

A

giarda lamblia

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4
Q

giardiasis aka

A

beaver fever

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5
Q

vector for giardiasis

A

hikers

drinking stream water

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6
Q

symptom of giardiasis

A

mucous diarrhea

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7
Q

Dehliboil associated with

A

Kala-Azar

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8
Q

organism for malaria (2)

A

Plasmodium Vivax

Plasmodium Falciparum

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9
Q

MC organism for malaria

A

Plasmodium Vivax

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10
Q

vector for malaria

A

female anopheles mosquito

live in RBC

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11
Q

malaria becomes pathogenic in _____ stage

A

merozoite

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12
Q

Most fatal form of malaria

A

Plasmodium Falciparum

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13
Q

aka for fatal malaria

A

Black Water Fever

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14
Q

kissing “reduviid” bug is vector for ____ and called ____

A

trypanosome cruzi

Chaga’s Disease

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15
Q

tsetse fly is vector for _____ and called

A

Trypanosome Gambians

African Sleeping Sickness (Neurological problem effecting brain)

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